The Southeast Asian Games, wracked for months by a scandal that threatens the viability of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s Democratic Party, are due to start tomorrow amid widespread problems including sick athletes and unfinished infrastructure.
Although organizers continue to insist the games will be successful, most observers are deeply skeptical. The games have become a national embarrassment for a country anxious to vault onto the world stage with a showcase event.
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Nazaruddin was widely believed to have been tipped off to get out of Indonesia because if he had been arrested, he could describe the involvement of other Democratic Party leaders, possibly including the president’s own son, Eddie Baskoro Yudhoyono, according to Twitter and Facebook messages that suggested his involvement.
The party chairman, Anas Urbangingrum, considered to be one of Yudhoyono’s reformers, was also implicated in the scandal by Nazaruddin, who was finally cornered and arrested in Cartagena, Colombia, and flown back to Jakarta. Full story...
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Although organizers continue to insist the games will be successful, most observers are deeply skeptical. The games have become a national embarrassment for a country anxious to vault onto the world stage with a showcase event.
(...)
Nazaruddin was widely believed to have been tipped off to get out of Indonesia because if he had been arrested, he could describe the involvement of other Democratic Party leaders, possibly including the president’s own son, Eddie Baskoro Yudhoyono, according to Twitter and Facebook messages that suggested his involvement.
The party chairman, Anas Urbangingrum, considered to be one of Yudhoyono’s reformers, was also implicated in the scandal by Nazaruddin, who was finally cornered and arrested in Cartagena, Colombia, and flown back to Jakarta. Full story...
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